Waving flags and wearing Spain’s crimson and yellow colors, tens of hundreds of individuals jubilantly greeted the nation’s triumphant Euro 2024 males’s soccer staff on Monday throughout a parade in Madrid.
“Champions, champions!” followers shouted out to the gamers and coach, who celebrated the win in an open-top double-decker bus, with the trophy positioned on the entrance and the message “It’s solely the start” emblazoned. Spain beat England 2-1 in Sunday’s ultimate in Berlin.
Spanish authorities praised the gamers’ victory and magnificence of play, whereas some followers stated they had been fostering unity in a rustic with a historical past of territorial tensions and political polarisation.
“We’re an ideal nation. In days like as we speak it’s necessary to keep in mind that this flag represents all of us,” a younger fan named Borja informed nationwide broadcaster TVE.
He praised Spain’s 17-year-old rising star Lamine Yamal, who’s Black, along with his father hailing from Morocco whereas his mom was born in Equatorial Guinea.
“We’re seeing the (ongoing) issues with racism. Lamine Yamal will outline an period as a result of folks in Spain are of all colors,” Borja added.
Standing on balconies and crowded sidewalks, excited followers, a lot of them children and a few who had travelled from distant components of Spain, waved on the gamers who had been carrying white t-shirts studying “Kings of Europe” accompanied by a giant quantity 4 to mark Spain’s fourth continental title.
“I wish to thanks on your efforts and for the best way you performed, with the enjoyment you do it,” Spain’s King Felipe VI informed the staff in a ceremony at his palace, accompanied by Queen Letizia and his two daughters wearing nationwide jerseys.
“A pleasure like this one was good for us,” he added.
